David and Jane Meriwether & Charles Cosby

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Colony of Virginia
Surnames/tags: Meriwether Cosby

Contents 1 Related Profiles 2 Related Profiles on Other Sites 2.1 Ancestry Trees 3 Order of Sources 4 The Meriwethers and Their Connections 5 Our Children's Ancestry 6 The Early Descendants of Wm. Overton … 7 Henry Duke, Councilor, … 8 The Roses 9 Virginia Land Patents and Grants

Related Profiles

• David Meriwether (1669-1701)
• Jane (Meriwether) Cosby (1682-1763)
• Charles Cosby (abt.1675-abt.1760)

Related Profiles on Other Sites

• FamilySearch Person: GZCR-KLT for David Meriwether (1660–1701). [no parents]
  • David m. Mary Weaver (1660–unk).
  • daughter FamilySearch Person: L89P-H6S for Jane Meriwether (1672–1740). [no siblings]
    • Jane m. Charles Cosby II (1670–1760).
    • three children: James, James (duplicate), David.
• David, Mary, and Jane are unsourced. Charles & Jane marriage is unsourced.
• James & James are unsourced. David has many sources.

• FamilySearch Person: GXDY-GQ4 for David Meriwether (1669–1701). [no parents]
  • David m. Susannah Armistead (1670–1716).
  • daughter FamilySearch Person: GJ4C-Q5G for Jane Meriwether (1682–1763). [no spouse]
    • Jane had son Charles Cosby (1728–1800).
    • DAR Application, Geneanet Community Trees Index.
    • SAR 72187. Jane, spouse Charles, child David. References Sarah C. W. Allen for Cosby service.
    • Geneanet Community Trees Index: Jane, b. 1672, VA; d. 21 Jul 1740, York Co VA; spouse Charles, children Ann, David, James.
  • daughter FamilySearch Person: GXDK-196 for Esther Pate Meriwether (1686–1735}}.
    • Virginia Land Records, Ancestry Family Trees, US RW Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800–1900.
• David, Susannah, and Charles are unsourced. Need to review 2 sources for Jane. Need to review 4 sources for Esther.

Ancestry Trees

Search for Jane Meriwether, parent David, spouse Cosby.

• 1140 trees: Jane, father David, mother Susannah Armistead, spouse Charles. [appears unsourced]
  • Duke, Anderson, TOOAOAA (see below), DAR (see 72187 above).
  • The Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry.
  • surname file.
• 14 trees: Jane, father David, mother Mary Weaver, spouse Charles. [appears unsourced]
• 46 trees: Jane, father David, mother Mary Weaver, spouse Charles.[appears unsourced]
• 3 trees: Jane, father David, spouse Charles. [appears unsourced]
• 2 trees: Jane, spouse Charles. [appears unsourced]
• 3 trees: Jane, father David. [appears unsourced]
• 1 tree: Jane, father David. [appears unsourced]

Order of Sources

• Minor, 1892
• Allen, 1935
• Anderson, 1938
• Duke, 1949
• Nuckolls, 2010

The Meriwethers and Their Connections

[Does not purport a David(1) and Jane(2)]

Louisa H. A. Minor, The Meriwethers And Their Connections (Albany, New York: Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers, 1892), pp7-10 ; digital images, Archive.org (title page).

• This is secondary source without reliable sources. The text does refer to things with sufficient detail to look for the underlying original record (e.g. land grant).
• There appears to be no specific discussion of genealogy pitfalls (e. g. conflation, level of confidence) in the text.

• p7: Nicholas Meriwether (unk–19 Dec 1678) had five [5] sons: Nicholas, Francis, David, William, Thomas. Probably only the first-named three came to America—at least we have no definite record of any except these three.

• Has wife and children for Francis; WikiTree has none!

• David Merweither m. (____). Issue, one son: Thomas.
• Thomas lived and fied near Tappahannock, Essex County, VA. His Will probated 7 Jan 17098.
• Thomas m (____), Issue, Susannah Meriwether m. John Armistead of Gloucester County, VA, Issue, …
• John Armistead's Will probated 9 Apr 1734.

• p8: This record relates more particularly to the descendants of Nicholas, and his wife, Elizabeth Crawford, to whom all who bear the name Meriwether in the United States trace their lineage.

• p8: Nicholas (Jr) (26 Oct 1647–1744), m. Elizabeth Crawford, issue, nine [9] children: Jane, m. Lewis, Thomas, Nicholas, William, David, Elizabeth, Anne, Sarah, Mary.

• 3 hits on Cosby:
  • p58, p69, p160: Valentine Meriwether(6) m. Barbara Cosby, Valentine son of Francis Meriwether, b. 1737.

• No David(1) or Jane(2) Meriwether.

Our Children's Ancestry

[Earlliest found purported David(1) and Jane(2)]

Sarah Cantey Whitaker Allen, Our Children's Ancestry (Atlanta, Georgia: Curtiss Printing Company, Inc., 1935), pp309-355, especially pp330-332; digital images, Archive.org (title page), Ancestry.com (title page).

• This is secondary source without reliable sources. The text does refer to things with sufficient detail to look for the underlying original record (e.g. land grant).
• There appear to be no citations (superscripts) in pp330-332.
• There appears to be no specific discussion of genealogy pitfalls (e. g. conflation, level of confidence) in the text.

• John Cosby (I), son of Charle and Mary Loftus Cosby
• Planter in York County, Virginia
• Born 1623 in England
• Died early part of 1696 in York County, Virginia, age 73
• Will dated 4 September 1695
• Proved 24 March 1696 in York County, Virginia
• Owned extensive tracts in York, King, Queen, and New Kent Counties
• 1657 Nov 30 - Young daughter Mary accidently set fire to her clothes and burned to death
• She was probably the daughter of his first wife, as Sarah Cosby, his widow, survived until 1740, which precludes the possibility of her having a child born to her prior to 1657.
• 1678 Nov 12 - York County Court: John Cosby, John Saunders, and Argall Blackston were appointed Surveyors of Highways for York parish
• 1656 Jan 5: New Kent County, 700 acres (grant) for transportation of 16 people. See V4:p72
• New Kent County, 1000 acres (grant) for transportation of 12 people. Same V4:p72
• New Kent County, 800 acres (grant), 1200 acres by purchase, 600 acres for transportation of 12 people). Same V4:p73
• From the fact that John Cosby's widow survived him for a period of nearly 45 years, it is supposed that she was not the mother of all his surviving children, and possilby not of any of them although in her Will she mentions "her sons and granddaughters"
• See John's Will transcript
• See Sarah's Will transcript
• See list of children (9) including Charles, James, John (II), grandaughter Sarah.

• John (II), son of John (I) and Sarah
• Born 1680
• Died 1761
• Will dated 12 September 1760
• Proved 26 may 1761
• Married (1st) Martha Garland 1710, (2nd) Ann (Meriwether) Johnson 1750, widow of Thomas Johnson, named in Will of her Mother Elizabeth Meriwether, Frederick Parish, Louisa County, 2 March 1753, proved 11 May 1772, Robert Lewis named executor
• Elizabeth Meriwether is daughter of David Crawford, married Nicholas Meriwether II, born 26 October 1647, eldest of 3 brothers who founded Meriwether family in VA
• Colonel Robert Lewis II married the eldest child, Jane
• Seventh child, Ann, born about 1694 married (1st) Thomas Johnson, (2nd) John Cosby III.
• See Will p326 to confirm which John is being discussed.

• Charles Cosby (III), (John-2, Charles)
• Born about 1670-1680
• Lived upon lands in Kings and Queen and New Kent COunties, granted by his father by purchase and entry 1656
• Said to have married Jane, a Daughter of David Meriwether, the emigrant

See David Meriwether (1669-1701). Meriwether Society says:

• "other than Nicholas and his children and grandchildren, there are no mentions of any other Meriwethers, David or otherwise."
• What about brother Thomas?

• As all the records of New Kent County were destroyed during the Civil War no record of his Will is extant
• Tradition that one Charles Cosby, probably this son lived to age 90
• Died about 1760-1765
• Two sons: James Cosby-4, David Cosby-4

• David Cosby-4 pp330-331

The Early Descendants of Wm. Overton …

W. P. Anderson, The Early Descendants of Wm. Overton & Elizabeth Waters of Virginia, and Allied Families (unk: self [?], 1938), p17; digital images, Ancestry.com (title page).

• This is secondary source without reliable sources. The text does refer to things with sufficient detail to look for the underlying original record (e.g. land grant).
• There appears to be no specific discussion of genealogy pitfalls (e. g. conflation, level of confidence) in the text.

• The following notes on the Cosby family are, unless otherwise noted, taken from "Cosby Genealogy" compiled by Frank Carvill Cosby. Revised and amended by Frank Clark Cosby and John S. Carpenter … They have been checked with OCA.
• What is OCA? Our Children's Ancestry by Sarah C. W. Allen.
• Charles Cosby the immigrant with son John.
  • John Cosby (1623-1696), 9 children, Will 4 Sep 1695, 4 daughters, 3 sons, 1 grandson
  • Charles Cosby (1670-80 – unk) lived in King and Queen and New Kent granted his father by purchase and entry in 1656.
  • He [Charles] is said to have married Jane, a daughter of David Merwether, the emigrant. He left at least two sons: James & David.
• So appears to just copy "Our Children's Ancestry".

Henry Duke, Councilor, …

Walter Garland Duke, Henry Duke, Councilor: His Descendants and Connections (Richmond, Virginia: The Dietz Press, Incorporated, 1949), pxiii, p301-314; digital images, Ancestry.com (title page).

• This is secondary source without reliable sources. The text does refer to things with sufficient detail to look for the underlying original record (e.g. land grant).
• There appears to be no specific discussion of genealogy pitfalls (e. g. conflation, level of confidence) in the text.

• Charles Cosby and Mary Loftus, pp299-331.
• John Cosby and Sarah, pp301-331.
• Charles Cosby and Jane Meriwether, pp301-314.
• David Cosby and mary Garland Overton, pp301-314.
• Charles Cosby married Jane, daughter of David Meriwether. He lived to be over 90 years old and lived in New Kent and King and Queen Counties. It is known that he left two sons.
• Sons James and David.

The Roses

Charles R. Nuckolls Jr., The Roses: The Nuckolls Family, the Lyman Family, and One Hundred Fifty Immigrants Who Helped Shape America (Bloomington, Indiana: iUniverse, Inc., 2010), pp[no page numbers]; digital images, Google Books (cover).

• This is secondary source without reliable sources. The text does refer to things with sufficient detail to look for the underlying original record (e.g. land grant).
• There appears to be no specific discussion of genealogy pitfalls (e. g. conflation, level of confidence) in the text.

• pages not numbered.
• search "Jane Meriwether" for the following discussion.

• Has discussion of Nicholas Meriwether's spouse. Discusses purported spouse Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Woodhouse.

• … his will.
• John married Sarh Higginson. We do not know about Sarah's parents; however, a Captain Robert Higginson had a daughter named Lucy Higginson, born 1620, who married Lewis Burwell. They are probably related.

• John Cosby owned 700 acres of land on the northeast side of Mattaponi River in New Kent County that he received for transporting sixteen [16] persons (date January 5, 1656). He received/bought 1,000 acres on the south side of the York River in New Kent County for transporting twenty [20] people, and another transaction is listed for 1,400 acres in New Kent County. So John Cosby was a big landowner in New Kent County.

• John Cosby and his wife Sarah had six [6] children: Charles, Mary, James, Margaret, Philip, and John. The son John Cosby, born about 1682, married Ann Stripling. The son Charles, born about 1670, married Jane Meriwether, the daughter of David Meriwether and Susannah Armistead and granddaughter of Nicholas Meriwether and Elizabeth Woodhouse.

• The father of John Cosby, born 1623, was Charles Cosby who was born in Stradbally Abbey, Queen County, Ireland, in 1575. Although Charles was born in Ireland, he was English. Charles's father, Alexander Cosby, a knight, and his grandfather, Francis Cosby, also a knight, had been chosen and sent by Queen Elizabeth to Ireland to rule Queens County, Ireland, and to own and manage the confiscated lands. The stories of their rule by the Catholic Irish are quite dramatic, bloody, and disturbing. Francis is said to have enjoyed hanging Catholic families from a large tree in front of his castle. Anyway, Francis and Alexander were killed in battle with the Catholic Irish. Alexander Cosby, John's father, was killed on Stradbally Bridge, in Ireland on September 19, 1596.

• More on next page regarding marriages to other "important" families: Sir Henry, Sydney, Sir Thomas Zouche, Sir John Zouche, Edward Loftus.

Virginia Land Patents and Grants

Searched for:

• David Meriwether: no records in 1600s; possible 1700s records might refer to someone in the 1600s.
• David Merywether: no records.
• Mer*wether: no record.